The most interesting finds of Late Pleistocene megafauna, Vologda Region (Russia)

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• 作者：O.V. Yashina
• 刊名：Quaternary International
• 出版年：13 February, 2014
• 年：2014
• 卷：321
• 期：Complete
• 页码：50-54
• 全文大小：1498 K

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The paleontological collections of museums of northern European Russia include unpredictable finds, such as the tooth of the forest elephant m>Elephas (Palaeoloxodon) antiquusm> (Falconer) in the collection of the Cherepovets Museum of Nature. The aim of the research is to define more precisely its systematic reference, age, and individual characteristics. The find indicates that the forest zone extended to 59-60掳N during the Mikulin (Eemian) interglacial.

The paleontological collections of Vologda regional museums include exhibits referred to the Late Pleistocene, namely m>Mammuthus primigenius, Equus sp., Rangifer tarandus, Bison priscus,m> and m>Ovibos pallantism>. The majority of the finds conform to the transitional periods of warm and cold spells of the middle Valdai. Some Holocene finds of the region indicate the existence of favorable conditions for large-mammal species to inhabit the areas near 60掳N.